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. >> mike barnicle, if i were a republican on the campaign trail right now i would have said three weeks ago, i didn't have a whole lot to campaign on other than overblown rhetoric, i can talk about the obama health care tax. i don't care what mitt romney's stupid people said. obama passed and it's a law of the land a health care tax. >> messed that up. >> and obama is now passing -- try to push a small business tax. i've got two taxes. that's all i'm talk about in my district between now and the campaign. i kick any democrat in a swing district across america legislatively. romney can't do this, but legislatively, this seems like the president's hurting his own cause. >> unless you consider the fact the two words you used that have been thrown around the table in the past two minutes both have incendiary value to voters. one word is taxes. as incendiary value to voters. the other word is millionaire as incendiary value to many, many voters. you use those two words both sides use those words and see where the fire starts burning most fiercely. >> i think they're right on target. >> my po
. >> mike barnicle, if i were a republican on the campaign trail right now i would have said three weeks ago, i didn't have a whole lot to campaign on other than overblown rhetoric, i can talk about the obama health care tax. i don't care what mitt romney's stupid people said. obama passed and it's a law of the land a health care tax. >> messed that up. >> and obama is now passing -- try to push a small business tax. i've got two taxes. that's all i'm talk about in my district...
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next week obama is actually the good news for him, he's an underdog. all he has to do is look adepressive, feel aggressive, show up how he he should have showed up. if romney wins that debate again, i think he wins the election, because there's no way to say although tuld and he didn't want to come down to romney's level. you can't make an excuse the second time. talk about a must win. that's the flipside. >> we were saying last week that mitt romney's back was against the wall, and if mitt romney didn't stand up and deliver, the election was over. we were saying that here, and guess what? that was just the case. a lot of freakazoids on the extreme right didn't want to hear. they wanted to blame the pollsters and the media. romney had to stand up and deliver. he stood up and delivered, so we reset the campaign. guess what? the shoe is on the other foot now. if barack obama blows it again like the first debate, i aagree with donny. that creates momentum that pushing mitt romney towards the finish line. >> we focus and talk a lot -- >> by the way, now it
next week obama is actually the good news for him, he's an underdog. all he has to do is look adepressive, feel aggressive, show up how he he should have showed up. if romney wins that debate again, i think he wins the election, because there's no way to say although tuld and he didn't want to come down to romney's level. you can't make an excuse the second time. talk about a must win. that's the flipside. >> we were saying last week that mitt romney's back was against the wall, and if...
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i was surprised that obama didn't bring it up. biggest surprise for me of the night is that it didn't come up. it's been the dominant thing in our debate for the last few weeks. >> david axelrod is coming up. jon meacham, you look over the past 25 years, 30 years or so, and you look at the republican presidential candidates who all have strengths, they've all been remarkable men in their own way, but not good debaters. you know, republicans have held our breath through the john mccain debates and the george w. bush debates and the bob dole debates and the george h.w. debates. again, a great man, a horrific debater. you know, the famous jon lovitz line, "i can't believe i'm losing to this guy." playing michael dukakis. you really do have to go back to ronald reagan to find a republican that was in command during a presidential debate. and i predict that's going to excite the republican base in a way it hasn't been excited in a very long time. we're not used to winning debates like this. >> right. >> i'd even -- i think you're exact
i was surprised that obama didn't bring it up. biggest surprise for me of the night is that it didn't come up. it's been the dominant thing in our debate for the last few weeks. >> david axelrod is coming up. jon meacham, you look over the past 25 years, 30 years or so, and you look at the republican presidential candidates who all have strengths, they've all been remarkable men in their own way, but not good debaters. you know, republicans have held our breath through the john mccain...
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so my warning last week was to the obama administration. this week it is to the republicans. and the republicans in the ho e house, they need to be very careful about how they push forward on this issue because if it stops being about freedom of religion -- >> right. >> and starts being about contraception, then republicans will get routed in swing areas like as i always say the i-4 corridor, bucks county, pennsylvania, the suburbs of pennsylvania. you -- >> would you agree with that? because it seemed pretty black and white to you. >> let me ask you a question, do you believe that at this point of this struggle, the white house and the national abortion action rights league and planned parenthood have decided that mischievously and for political gain they will put this whole issue forward as simply a disagreement on contraception. the catholic church is trying to take your contraception away from you, those bad men are trying to mess up with your contraception. now, that is not what this issue is about. it is not what the struggle aha been about. i think you are suggesting,
so my warning last week was to the obama administration. this week it is to the republicans. and the republicans in the ho e house, they need to be very careful about how they push forward on this issue because if it stops being about freedom of religion -- >> right. >> and starts being about contraception, then republicans will get routed in swing areas like as i always say the i-4 corridor, bucks county, pennsylvania, the suburbs of pennsylvania. you -- >> would you agree...
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obama has not won, and it's not clear what the republicans are going to do. and there has not been that -- and it's not about a laundry list of small things or big things. it's -- and this is what bill clinton was really great at. i feel your pain or i feel your anxiety. i'm tuned into you, and i'm going to do something to help you. >> okay. and there were some flourishing lines there that didn't have a lot of detail. but what tom brokaw, do you expect in the state of the union address that's supposed to address the entire state of the union? and he i think went from a to z in terms of the key factors that really affect people today. jobs, he talked about the deficit, we can't say he didn't when he did. and also the disparity that people are feeling out there. >> well, listen, in an election year, a state of the union address is essentially a campaign statement. what he's trying to do is set the map for next fall and get his version of events out there and in high school debate they call this defining the terms. and he's trying to define the terms of this deb
obama has not won, and it's not clear what the republicans are going to do. and there has not been that -- and it's not about a laundry list of small things or big things. it's -- and this is what bill clinton was really great at. i feel your pain or i feel your anxiety. i'm tuned into you, and i'm going to do something to help you. >> okay. and there were some flourishing lines there that didn't have a lot of detail. but what tom brokaw, do you expect in the state of the union address...
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they like barack obama. they saw him as someone who was outside of politics. even the first debate which we asked him about, and he had a hilarious answer about, even the first debate they thought, well, yeah, he's not playing the game. so the question is, this -- whatever it is, this 15%, right, is that inheritable by somebody else, by a classic politician? can hillary clinton still get those voters? will people think that she is outside politics, outside of washington the way that people think of barack obama, which is a wholly new thing. that is sui generis. >> i don't see it like that especially because the man himself is an island unto himself in washington, d.c. >> yes. >> he is not a democratic party boss like tip o'neill. he's not even really connected with the chicago political machine. >> and curiously, people like that. >> he is his own man. that's a great thing unless you are the democrats that want this to be passed along four years from now. >> but is there, in your view, a philosophical way of being that is inheritable, to use rick's word? is th
they like barack obama. they saw him as someone who was outside of politics. even the first debate which we asked him about, and he had a hilarious answer about, even the first debate they thought, well, yeah, he's not playing the game. so the question is, this -- whatever it is, this 15%, right, is that inheritable by somebody else, by a classic politician? can hillary clinton still get those voters? will people think that she is outside politics, outside of washington the way that people...
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those should be litigated over the course of the campaign. >> and even litigate this a week from now. >> but not litigated in a deeply dishonest and unserious way within -- when those bodies are not yet cold. a lot of what americans are looking for in a president is someone who is judicious and exercising the right kind of temperament and not trying to score cheap political points on the basis of a lie, which was by the time -- you could argue they made a mistake with the first statement. to come back 12 hours later when you knew what the chronology was -- >> and you knew a u.s. ambassador was dead. >> -- was dead and three other americans is as i said deeply unserious. and you had president obama in this interview with telemundo. he makes the point where he says something like, look, these are people on the ground who put this statement out. people on the ground trying to cool down a situation that might have and did escalate into violence. >> and that's a point i was going to make to you, as the mobs were growing outside the embassy, because of this crude, amateurish video, somebody
those should be litigated over the course of the campaign. >> and even litigate this a week from now. >> but not litigated in a deeply dishonest and unserious way within -- when those bodies are not yet cold. a lot of what americans are looking for in a president is someone who is judicious and exercising the right kind of temperament and not trying to score cheap political points on the basis of a lie, which was by the time -- you could argue they made a mistake with the first...
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remember dick durbin on your show earlier in the week put that $400 billion marker down. democrats privately tell us they'll go higher, perhaps much higher if republicans get serious on raising taxes. they'll cut spending by about $1.2 trillion, which is the total of sequestration. and they'll probably have to throw in a debt limit increase to avoid hitting that in february. people involved in the talks feel like they can get there. there's no doubt it's going to take some time, boehner has to get republicans more comfortable with raising taxes including raising rates. i don't think there's a scenario where the rates don't go up on people making over $250,000. and democrats have to get more comfortable with entitlement changes. but at the end of the day, obama can deliver democrats. and i think boehner's stronger today than he was three months ago, and he could deliver more republicans than he could of them. >> on that question of taxing the wealthy, you alluded to it in a comprehensive piece that you and mike allen wrote, everybody ought to read it at "politico" today. y
remember dick durbin on your show earlier in the week put that $400 billion marker down. democrats privately tell us they'll go higher, perhaps much higher if republicans get serious on raising taxes. they'll cut spending by about $1.2 trillion, which is the total of sequestration. and they'll probably have to throw in a debt limit increase to avoid hitting that in february. people involved in the talks feel like they can get there. there's no doubt it's going to take some time, boehner has to...
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he had that stupid bridge in the mall that he built for inaugural week. threw up all over it, by the way. at least bill clinton did talk about things he was going to do the next four years. you're just not seeing that with president obama. >> and you know, that's the one lesson -- i say this all the time -- but bill clinton will tell you over and over two things. one, elections are always about the future. and he used to say, i ran for governor of arkansas 87 times and every single time i ran as the candidate of change. and i don't think we've seen either of those things from either candidate yet, and i think it's important. look, mitt romney's getting credit for talking about the future from voters, and you see that in some of the numbers. for a plan that's so vague, it's like saying he's for apple pies, puppies, the future america. and yet because he enumerates a five-point plan, at least there's some attempt to acknowledge that voters want to talk about the future. and so i think it would behoove the president in the coming -- he doesn't have a lot of
he had that stupid bridge in the mall that he built for inaugural week. threw up all over it, by the way. at least bill clinton did talk about things he was going to do the next four years. you're just not seeing that with president obama. >> and you know, that's the one lesson -- i say this all the time -- but bill clinton will tell you over and over two things. one, elections are always about the future. and he used to say, i ran for governor of arkansas 87 times and every single time i...
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president obama is giving a speech exactly two weeks from yesterday at the u.n. then ahmadinejad two weeks from today and then two weeks from tomorrow, benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister. and we haven't discussed this yet, will in a few minutes, i'm sure, but there is a new conflict or flap between the united states and israel over iran that emerged yesterday as well. an hour-long conversation between president obama who called netanyahu last night to try to smooth it over and then both sides issued statements which didn't really smooth over the rift. so you've got a lot in play here. and this is very challenging as the president is trying to campaign for re-election. >> yeah, we're going to get to israel in just a second. mark mckinnon in boston, i want to get to you because the chronology here is very important. andrea alluded to this back-and-forth between the romney and obama campaigns. the american embassy released a statement before the violence erupted in cairo in an apparent reference to this film and the pastor. the statement read, "the united s
president obama is giving a speech exactly two weeks from yesterday at the u.n. then ahmadinejad two weeks from today and then two weeks from tomorrow, benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister. and we haven't discussed this yet, will in a few minutes, i'm sure, but there is a new conflict or flap between the united states and israel over iran that emerged yesterday as well. an hour-long conversation between president obama who called netanyahu last night to try to smooth it over and then...
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when they go two weeks ago from talking about how president obama shouldn't be telling those catholics how they should do their business to going to lock the front doors because they're scared, you know, of what's going to happen. i mean, they are all sitting there going who is this guy? who is -- not just rick santorum, but who are these republicans? that are in virginia, all -- that are going around doing this. when you have conservative pro-life women that have never voted for a democratic presidential candidate in their life sitting around a breakfast table as they were this past weekend and i said -- i didn't say a word. i just got up. it was like a focus group. i was like frank kleins. what do you think? and i sat listening to these conservative republican women in florida who have never voted for a democratic presidential candidate in their life going what in the hell is going on with our party? you know there's serious problems. that's all i'm saying. i'm going home now. >> they seem to be throwing it away. >> just saying really stupid things. >> they seem to be throwing it awa
when they go two weeks ago from talking about how president obama shouldn't be telling those catholics how they should do their business to going to lock the front doors because they're scared, you know, of what's going to happen. i mean, they are all sitting there going who is this guy? who is -- not just rick santorum, but who are these republicans? that are in virginia, all -- that are going around doing this. when you have conservative pro-life women that have never voted for a democratic...
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if obama is seen objectively as hunkering down and not playing any games this week, really working, no mickey mouse, no big bird stuff. just do the damn job you were elected to this week. i think it'll take the poison and anger against him out of the race. and a little bit for this whole election, a little bit makes a bit of difference. and i think getting together and not being -- i think it's great that bloomberg said nice things about andrew cuomo, that's a new one, or christie said nice things about the president. they're operating like it's not intermurals anymore, it's the big game and that's always better for the country and the incumbent. >> off of what you just said, governor christie's endorsement yesterday of the president as president doing his job as you just indicated was pretty powerful stuff. >> and i think it's because christie wants to be a good governor, he wants to be president some day and the way to be president is a be a good governor and it doesn't hurt to kiss the president. it all makes sense if you think about it. >> let's talk about the polls that have been
if obama is seen objectively as hunkering down and not playing any games this week, really working, no mickey mouse, no big bird stuff. just do the damn job you were elected to this week. i think it'll take the poison and anger against him out of the race. and a little bit for this whole election, a little bit makes a bit of difference. and i think getting together and not being -- i think it's great that bloomberg said nice things about andrew cuomo, that's a new one, or christie said nice...
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. >> you said george soros said last week there's not a lot of difference between barack obama and mitt romney. >> he said that for now. he may not be there. i'm saying it's people like him. the other point is look, i don't think you can fault the president for doing this. you cannot have unilateral disarmament, right? we have a system, the system is broken, but you have to play by it in order to win. >> there's a great quote from soros' political guy in the "new york times," asking that now the president is doing this, will he give? he says it takes a very sophisticated or very cynical person to decry the nefarious politics and then turn around and write a check for $5 million. >> so there's more concern from george soros about being engaged in this sort of activity. dan senor, you can't blame the obama administration when they see karl rove and ed gillespie and other groups raising tens of millions of dollars. >> no, they threw around this billion-dollar number, ten months ago, they were going to raise a billion dollars. i don't know if they were anticipating raising it some of it fro
. >> you said george soros said last week there's not a lot of difference between barack obama and mitt romney. >> he said that for now. he may not be there. i'm saying it's people like him. the other point is look, i don't think you can fault the president for doing this. you cannot have unilateral disarmament, right? we have a system, the system is broken, but you have to play by it in order to win. >> there's a great quote from soros' political guy in the "new york...
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and i've been saying for a couple weeks, probably obama by a few points now. i have absolutely no idea. and a strange thing has happened, mika. you actually have, instead of the romney people acting a little nervous and crazy, which they have, we have for a year, you now have democrats that are starting to move into this panic phase. you know, we could lose this thing. i think for the first time, they're getting really nervous. >> i have a lot of people -- we've seen it together -- coming up to us going, what's going to happen? what's going to happen? it is a real nail-biter at this point. >> it is a toss-up. >> i think that's fair to say. i'm not sure where these polls will end up in the long run in terms of being correct, but you know what? they are at least a touchstone for the conversation. >> this race right now could not be closer, john. >> you think about the trend line just in this poll, just to stick with the consistency, the nbc/"wall street journal" poll, people say it's the gold standard for polling. i don't disagree. in early september, obama comi
and i've been saying for a couple weeks, probably obama by a few points now. i have absolutely no idea. and a strange thing has happened, mika. you actually have, instead of the romney people acting a little nervous and crazy, which they have, we have for a year, you now have democrats that are starting to move into this panic phase. you know, we could lose this thing. i think for the first time, they're getting really nervous. >> i have a lot of people -- we've seen it together -- coming...
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mitt romney strapped his dog to the top of the car. >> president obama tried to eat that dog? what? the puppies? >> romney and his wife ann were asked this week again about seamus during an interview on abc. >> seamus, which as you know, that story is out there forever. would you do it again? >> certainly not. the attention it's received. >> you said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign so far. >> it's crazy. the dog loved it. the dog would like -- >> but the dog got sick, right? >> once. we travelled all the time, and he ate the turkey on the counter. i mean, he had the runs. but he would see that crate, and, you know, he would like go crazy because he was going with us on vacation. >> as if once weren't bad enough. >> you don't have to say it. give us less! less is more! you don't have to explain it! it's only axelrod and collins. don't talk about the dog's -- >> it's the setup. so as you know, the obama re-election team loves this story. can't stop talking about it. campaign adviser david axelrod tweeted a picture not long ago of the president and his dog, bo. >> is tha
mitt romney strapped his dog to the top of the car. >> president obama tried to eat that dog? what? the puppies? >> romney and his wife ann were asked this week again about seamus during an interview on abc. >> seamus, which as you know, that story is out there forever. would you do it again? >> certainly not. the attention it's received. >> you said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign so far. >> it's crazy. the dog loved it. the dog would like --...
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. ♪ >>> for the past week, both mitt romney and president obama, have you noticed this? they've been trying to lower expectations for their debate performance by insisting that they're not great debaters. based on some of their past debates, tomorrow could look like this. >> the -- uh -- >> i -- i don't want to -- >> let me just make a couple of points. my -- here's -- >> i hope they either take off the ad or make it correct. >> look, let's just be clear. >> we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn. >> as i said before -- >> and with my wife, we've, uh -- >> we have -- >> but what -- um, let's see. um -- uh, we could start with his idea to have a lunar colony that would mine minerals from the moon. >> you said that, uh -- let me just make a closing point. that made no sense whatsoever. >> can you imagine if somebody did that to us? >> uh, uh, uh -- >> no. you know what? >> that was funny. >> look at that. welcome back to "morning joe." sam stein and mark mckinnon are still with us here in washington along with mike barnicle in new york. mike, are you awake? >> i am. i am.
. ♪ >>> for the past week, both mitt romney and president obama, have you noticed this? they've been trying to lower expectations for their debate performance by insisting that they're not great debaters. based on some of their past debates, tomorrow could look like this. >> the -- uh -- >> i -- i don't want to -- >> let me just make a couple of points. my -- here's -- >> i hope they either take off the ad or make it correct. >> look, let's just be...
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even a week before, we were under water. >> it's amazing how volatile. newt was way behind in florida, he was way ahead in florida, he was way behind in florida. i suspect two or three days from now we'll see polls that show he's ahead again. >> here's the important thing, people do believe in the republican primary electorate that to beat obama in the fall, you must be able to beat him in a debate or three. and newt has that measure running away. >> kellyanne, david gregory's with us. yesterday on "meet the press," he asked your candidate how he can portray himself as an outsider after receiving millions from freddie mac. here's what newt gingrich had to say. >> david, you know better than that. i was not a lobbyist, i was never a lobbyist. i never did any lobbying. the fact is i was an adviser strategically, and if you look at the only thing ever published by freddie mac, i said you need more regulations. if you look at the only article ever written about my talking to the congress, it was in the "new york times" in july of 2008 and i said do not give
even a week before, we were under water. >> it's amazing how volatile. newt was way behind in florida, he was way ahead in florida, he was way behind in florida. i suspect two or three days from now we'll see polls that show he's ahead again. >> here's the important thing, people do believe in the republican primary electorate that to beat obama in the fall, you must be able to beat him in a debate or three. and newt has that measure running away. >> kellyanne, david gregory's...
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i agree with what john heilemann said last week about ohio. without autos, without auto manufacturing, it would be very hard to see how the obama team can continue to have excitement and emotional momentum on their side in ohio. it could very well be that the car situation and the help that this administration provided could be the stonewall. however, you look at this momentum, and mike, you follow campaigns. you follow political efforts. and when you have this kind of momentum heading into the final week, it's got to be a good feeling for the romney campaign as they look at the last eight days of where they are. >> you know, usually in campaigns, joe, you know this better than any of us sitting here because you've been on the ballot. you get an indication four, five days out that something has tipped within one campaign or another. and it's set in motion. and so you sort of know who the winner will be. that's not the case this year. i fall back on something that you keep hearing repeatedly when you're out there talking with people, that the p
i agree with what john heilemann said last week about ohio. without autos, without auto manufacturing, it would be very hard to see how the obama team can continue to have excitement and emotional momentum on their side in ohio. it could very well be that the car situation and the help that this administration provided could be the stonewall. however, you look at this momentum, and mike, you follow campaigns. you follow political efforts. and when you have this kind of momentum heading into the...
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this week, they did a great job. mitt romney's team, they better serve their candidate better or they're going to have a tough fall. >> this has been a wonderful home away from home. the black fin, thank you, everybody. >> if it's way too early, willie, what time is it? >> we'll see you back in new york on monday. >> thank you, guys. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve the most r
this week, they did a great job. mitt romney's team, they better serve their candidate better or they're going to have a tough fall. >> this has been a wonderful home away from home. the black fin, thank you, everybody. >> if it's way too early, willie, what time is it? >> we'll see you back in new york on monday. >> thank you, guys. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual...
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they've already started this week. i think all of you probably got the e-mail from stephanie cutter, the deputy campaign manager, reaching out to the millions of obama supporters, asking them to post a story about how a $2,000 tax break, which is at stake on december 31st, would help them. meanwhile, all these republican candidates progressive groups, anybody who has something up in 2014, their mouths are watering for this data. and the obama campaign for now is not saying what they're going to do with it. i think they'll wait till closer to the inauguration. louis romano reports in the story now leading "politico" that they may form a nonprofit group to maintain it. it probably won't go over in the democratic national committee. it's so valuable, they're going to keep it to support the president's agenda. and one way to do that is democratic candidates. they'll eventually get to use it, but they won't get to hold it. >> all right. very good. mike allen, thank you so much. it's always great talking to you. >>> and comi
they've already started this week. i think all of you probably got the e-mail from stephanie cutter, the deputy campaign manager, reaching out to the millions of obama supporters, asking them to post a story about how a $2,000 tax break, which is at stake on december 31st, would help them. meanwhile, all these republican candidates progressive groups, anybody who has something up in 2014, their mouths are watering for this data. and the obama campaign for now is not saying what they're going to...
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a couple of weeks back, barack obama had the lead. now you've got that completely switched around, despite the fact for the past two weeks, democrats have been jumping up and down with glee, especially progressives, with glee with the election of paul ryan. . could it just be that while americans aren't member of congress u.s. -- aren't focused on the detail, they get it. >> we are winning the first battle because we're on offense about it. there's a continuing of i we're challenging jackie chan to a fight here. look, the vosers -- >> paul ryan, what do you think of the selection? >> i'm with mark. i'm worried about ohio. i kind of liked him running the house rather than going to tune rals and belarus. he's come out of the box very well. he said in my district i start presentations sand the first thing i say is the ryan plan wouldn't affect up. don't worry about this, you're okay. afterwards a person says i paid into this program, don't mess with my medicare. the retort should be you paid in $50,000, you're getting 200,000 back. >> yo
a couple of weeks back, barack obama had the lead. now you've got that completely switched around, despite the fact for the past two weeks, democrats have been jumping up and down with glee, especially progressives, with glee with the election of paul ryan. . could it just be that while americans aren't member of congress u.s. -- aren't focused on the detail, they get it. >> we are winning the first battle because we're on offense about it. there's a continuing of i we're challenging...
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. >> 44% disapproving only a week ago. his approval was upside down, then, with 45% approving and 48% disapproving. >>> and in gallup's nation head-to-head tracking poll, president obama now leads romney 49% to 44%. a week ago the two were separated by just one point. >> so do mark halperin, about a four or five-point bump from the convention? >> today, but bounces, you know, sometimes settle back down. >> it bounces around. but this was a dead heat before the convention started, and now barack obama has a three, four, five-point lead. >> there's a pretty close consensus amongst most people who follow this closely that the president now has a meaningful lead, that it's not tied in within the margin of error and that extends not just the national polls but to the battleground states. but governor romney has money and time to try to make up the difference. >> yeah. did you read jim vandehigh's article yesterday in politico? >> yeah. >> good stuff. >> it focuses a little on ohio. mitt romney campaigns today in ohio which is a
. >> 44% disapproving only a week ago. his approval was upside down, then, with 45% approving and 48% disapproving. >>> and in gallup's nation head-to-head tracking poll, president obama now leads romney 49% to 44%. a week ago the two were separated by just one point. >> so do mark halperin, about a four or five-point bump from the convention? >> today, but bounces, you know, sometimes settle back down. >> it bounces around. but this was a dead heat before the...
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the obama team is hoping to tap into clinton's wide network of donors. it is a relationship that was put on display last week when clinton was featured in a campaign web video touting president obama's leadership in the raid that killed osama bin laden oneyeaghiwk. >>hs eofhe rso demaasbene congratulated him for completing the mission in terms of killing osama bin laden. and he has managed to turn it into a divisive political attack that former defense secretary called sad, john mccain called shameful. i think most will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> obama adviser gibbs says his death was a key moment. >>u fewea go esenobath cndat w w gthing. they wouldn't move heaven and earth to get osama bin laden. >> you are saying that president obama believes that a president romney if he was working in the counter terror realms of the government who came to him with intelligence saying we have the opportunity to kill osama bin laden you are saying president romney would not take that shot? >> i don't think he would. he criticized barack obama. nobody
the obama team is hoping to tap into clinton's wide network of donors. it is a relationship that was put on display last week when clinton was featured in a campaign web video touting president obama's leadership in the raid that killed osama bin laden oneyeaghiwk. >>hs eofhe rso demaasbene congratulated him for completing the mission in terms of killing osama bin laden. and he has managed to turn it into a divisive political attack that former defense secretary called sad, john mccain...
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president obama heads to the state this morning. today's "new york times" is reporting that aides to romney say the republican candidate and running mate paul ryan will be campaigning together more often in the coming weeks, according to the report. the move underscores concerns that mr. romney is not generating enough excitement on his own and needs mr. ryan to fire up supporters that may have been evident during a campaign stop yesterday outside dayton. >> wow! that's quite a guy, isn't it? paul ryan! isn't that something? wait a second. wait a second. romney, ryan! romney, ryan! romney, ryan! there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> oh. sweet jesus. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i shouldn't be so hard on you. i shouldn't bring up newt gingrich. >> it's just irrelevant. >> it doesn't even matter. >> it's irrelevant. what do the catholics say? holy mary mother of god? >> it's not going to work. >> pray for our sinners in thy hour of peace. >> it's not going to work. it's too late for that. >> it seems to me -- except what wou
president obama heads to the state this morning. today's "new york times" is reporting that aides to romney say the republican candidate and running mate paul ryan will be campaigning together more often in the coming weeks, according to the report. the move underscores concerns that mr. romney is not generating enough excitement on his own and needs mr. ryan to fire up supporters that may have been evident during a campaign stop yesterday outside dayton. >> wow! that's quite a...
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then they decided to come at us saying we doctored a tape and obsessed for a week over two seconds where we felt they said ryan, they thought they said romney. so while all of these conspiracy theories are spewing on the right and the conservative entertainment complex, barack obama's team is organizing. and they're targeting. and instead of talking about conspiracies in the media, josh, they're targeting voters in ohio. instead of talking about how the polls are skewed, they're making phone calls. while we are basically in this cocoon where our websites, our tv shows and our radio shows, talk show hosts are telling us, everything's okay. you're going to win. and anybody that says otherwise is just a part of the left-wing socialist conspiracy. >> i think that's why there was that thunderstruck disbelief among conservatives and apparently among romney himself the day after the election that they had actually lost. they didn't belief it would happen. and i think if romney had had a chance to break free of that entertainment complex, hadn't felt obligated to consistently kind of pander to i
then they decided to come at us saying we doctored a tape and obsessed for a week over two seconds where we felt they said ryan, they thought they said romney. so while all of these conspiracy theories are spewing on the right and the conservative entertainment complex, barack obama's team is organizing. and they're targeting. and instead of talking about conspiracies in the media, josh, they're targeting voters in ohio. instead of talking about how the polls are skewed, they're making phone...
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clinton is on the videos doing a fund-raiser with obama next week. they are going to do three together. one of the features of the club is even though there are scars between them, try to look past them. there's a human element to this that is not about politics and not about policy. it's men who have come through an almost impossible passages and share things the rest of us can't. >> what is your favorite in the year? what is one thing you learned? >> at one point, the club has souvenirs. at one point johnson gives eisenhower a pair of cuff links with the presidential seal. you notice it doesn't say democrat or republican on them. >> very nice. the book is "the president's club" inside the most excuse live fraternity. happy equal payday. >> michael duffy, we won't have that discussion. >>> coming up, don cheadle is joining us on the set on "morning joe." [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning u
clinton is on the videos doing a fund-raiser with obama next week. they are going to do three together. one of the features of the club is even though there are scars between them, try to look past them. there's a human element to this that is not about politics and not about policy. it's men who have come through an almost impossible passages and share things the rest of us can't. >> what is your favorite in the year? what is one thing you learned? >> at one point, the club has...
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if they could have spent $30 mill $35 million in the last four weeks, they could have remember, obama carried by 11. probably when the final vote's mark who you know, six months ago, mika, i wasby a republican in the state of virginia who was not supporting tim kaine. and he andatch tim kaine in virginia.y j@office.)# and he said i know you're not going to vote for me. i know you didn't support me when i was governor. but work togeidime ialked to my other republicaniends. doing across the state of virginia. that is how you win elections.times, and the governor will tell y as much as politics. and tim ka right. >> look at tim kaine this morning. >> right now from west virginia winner of last night's virginia senate race democratic ser-elsn >> hey, thanks, guys. so -- >> he looks a little tired. >> so senator, talk aat. talk about what you did because microtarget the people t thought would actually w spoke vote against you. but let them know that you were all of virginia. how did that pay off for you last night? >>elt verygood. you know we felt like we had a plan, and it was a and we st
if they could have spent $30 mill $35 million in the last four weeks, they could have remember, obama carried by 11. probably when the final vote's mark who you know, six months ago, mika, i wasby a republican in the state of virginia who was not supporting tim kaine. and he andatch tim kaine in virginia.y j@office.)# and he said i know you're not going to vote for me. i know you didn't support me when i was governor. but work togeidime ialked to my other republicaniends. doing across the state...
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one point, or as it's also known, the thing obama failed to make during last week's debate. huh? speaking of the election, you guys, the vice presidential debate is just three days away. both sides are busy getting ready and republican candidate paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannon ball. biden was like, there's going to be a pool there? i'm more of a belly flop guy, but i can -- >>> and with us now from washington, pulitzer prize winning columnist, msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. i've got to ask you the big question, are you for the nats or for the orioles? >> i've got to be for the nats, although we're a mixed marriage. my wife was born in baltimore. >> oh. >> not an ill word can be said about the baltimore orioles in my house. >> yeah. >> nonetheless, i'm following the nats and cheering the nats. but, you know, the orioles are playing the yankees last night and beat them. you've got to root against the yankees, right? >> of course you do. if you love -- well, i mean, only if you love america. >> yes, right. >> i do love america. >> you do lo
one point, or as it's also known, the thing obama failed to make during last week's debate. huh? speaking of the election, you guys, the vice presidential debate is just three days away. both sides are busy getting ready and republican candidate paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannon ball. biden was like, there's going to be a pool there? i'm more of a belly flop guy, but i can -- >>> and with us now from washington, pulitzer prize winning columnist, msnbc...
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some weeks i'm ahead and some weeks i'm behind. you know, all of these states that voted for barack obama last time, right now, the majority of people in ose states are saying they do t w v for barack obama. >> okay. what is next? barack obama should be ashamed of himself. >> wait a minute. >> go ahead. >> who? >> this is close. go ahead. >> president obama is in new york city r the united nations general assembly and the clinton global itiate wche g s in >> are we really? >> so your boyfriend. but one of his first orders of business was taping an interview with the women of "the view" alongside the first lad among the topics -- >> can i ask a question? thisuy is notivinerio inrvieo od >>who? >> barack obama, the president of the united states. >> really opportune time. >> he isoing to all of these polices. no time for netanyahu but time for"the view". >> no time for netanyahu? >> i know. wally from "leave it to beaver" was in that, no time no netanyahu. >> was jerry mathers? >> was asked about the null stak a look. >> governor rom
some weeks i'm ahead and some weeks i'm behind. you know, all of these states that voted for barack obama last time, right now, the majority of people in ose states are saying they do t w v for barack obama. >> okay. what is next? barack obama should be ashamed of himself. >> wait a minute. >> go ahead. >> who? >> this is close. go ahead. >> president obama is in new york city r the united nations general assembly and the clinton global itiate wche g s in...
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michelle obama last week went, voted early. they made a big deal of it. so the president is doing very well with early voters, and also, you know, the clock's ticking, and the romney people know the clock's ticking. they've got to get their people out. they've got to get their message out now. they can't wait until election day because in a close contest, it's going to be close in florida, in north carolina, in virginia. i would guess in wisconsin, probably in iowa. >> arizona. >> nevada, arizona. colorado. >> yes. >> i mean, early voting is going to have a huge impact. >> overall thought on the polls also, and nate silver touched on it in "the times" about the knee-jerk reaction. we overreact to everything in the polls. i think as every four years go by and as the media -- the 24/7 onslaught what i'll call overreaction media to everything i think is going to always heighten every move at this point. so to me, as we go through history going forward, i think polls on a week-to-week basis are going to be less and less dependable because, for instance, if yo
michelle obama last week went, voted early. they made a big deal of it. so the president is doing very well with early voters, and also, you know, the clock's ticking, and the romney people know the clock's ticking. they've got to get their people out. they've got to get their message out now. they can't wait until election day because in a close contest, it's going to be close in florida, in north carolina, in virginia. i would guess in wisconsin, probably in iowa. >> arizona. >>...